Planet News
Marathi OTT platform Planet Marathi records 500% increase in subscriber base
The share of regional languages in overall OTT video content will double from 27% in 2020 to 54% in 2024.
1 min read4 Sep 2022Earth-sized ’Pi planet’ discovered by astronomers at MIT
The orbit of the planet is reminiscent of the universal mathematics constantThe researchers discovered signals of the planet in data taken in 2017 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Kepler Space Telescope’s K2 mission
4 min read22 Sep 2020Astronomers detect first-ever giant planet orbiting a dead star
At first, WD 1856 b captured astronomers’ interest when they noticed a possible transiting object with NASA’s TESS Space Telescope surveyTESS finds a planet by looking at a star, and measures how bright the star is continuously for weeks
2 min read17 Sep 2020A doll that teaches diversity
Social enterprise Ginny’s Planet is trying to spread awareness about disability through a unique doll
2 min read27 Jun 2020Greenlight Planet wins Economic Times Champions of Rural Markets Award
Greenlight Planet is known for designing, distributing and financing clean, reliable and affordable solar energy solutions for those who live without or with intermittent access to energy sources in more than 65 countries around the world.
2 min read16 Dec 2019Minor planet named after Pandit Jasraj, first Indian musician to receive this honour
As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by IAU’s Minor Planet CentrePadma Vibhushan recipient Pandit Jasraj has become the first Indian musician to join the galaxy of immortal composers
1 min read29 Sep 2019Do we need a backup planet to survive?
Last week, Elon Musk said that ’a big rock (asteroid) will hit Earth eventually & we currently have no defence’Jeff Bezos, on the other hand, worries that we will run out of energy on Earth, leaving the future generations with limited resources which can block their growth, dynamism
3 min read25 Aug 2019New planet discovered in orbit of young Milky Way star
The new planet, b Pictoris c, completes its orbit roughly every 1,200 daysIt is also relatively nearby, just over 63 light years, and surrounded by a disk of stellar dust
1 min read20 Aug 2019Disabled people get the wind in their sails to take flight
Travel gives the disabled confidence and operators are aware of a new set of people who want to explore the world
3 min read28 May 2019Move over Pluto. The Farout planet is here
The Farout planet, about 120-130 astronomical units from the sun, is 500km in diameterputting it in the category of dwarf planets as Pluto and Ceres
1 min read24 Dec 2018Popular Topics
Budget
The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared